Metamorphoses I
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Metamorphoses I
Bristol Classical Press, 1992, c1953
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Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1953
"This edition published in 1992"--T.p. verso
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first book of Ovid's Metamorphoses contains an interesting variety of material. It begins with myths related to the creation of the world and man, decline from the golden age, the flood and the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha. In the second half it deals primarily with two main metamorphosis myths - Apollo's love for Daphne and the story of Io.
Guy Lee's edition, first published by CUP in 1952, supplies a detailed commentary of explanatory notes (with useful index) and, separately, a number of critical notes on the readings adopted by his text. the substantial introduction deals with Ovid himself, with the Metamorphoses and Ovid's other works; there is also a practical section on the Ovidian hexameter and (as one might expect from an editor who is himself a consummate translator of Latin poetry) a sensitive section on translations of the Metamorphoses, in particular Golding, Sandys and Dryden.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
A. Ovid's Life and Character
B. The Metamorphoses
C. Other Works of Ovid
D. The Ovidian Hexameter
E. Some English Translations of the Metamorphoses
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Explanatory Notes
Critical Notes
Index
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